Imagine a graphic equalizer on a stereo with five separate settings that slide up and down.

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DNA, and then slide up and down along it, jostled randomly in either direction by the thermal energy of the solution.

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The green line representing men and yellow line representing women slide up and down in real time as the candidates speak.

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You can swipe through images of up to four at time, slide the specs up and down your nose, favorite ones you like, change colors, share choices with your friends, and then pick up to four the company will ship to you to try on for real at home.

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The PC doesn't make any noise as you slide it up and and down, and the rig is rigid enough that you can push the display down using one hand.

ENGADGET: HP TouchSmart 610 review

But Couples became unglued on the seventh hole, when he sent his approach shot over the back of the green, chipped off the front side, then watched an uphill putt slide up and then back down.

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Is there not sophistication to deftly managing the up and down adrenaline slide in a military shooter like Call of Duty?

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But as so often in this game of snakes and ladders, the leap up was followed by a slide down.

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The 610 has a mechanism that allows you to slide it down so that the display is lying almost face-up and at an almost-flat 60-degree angle, a position HP is dubbing Recline Mode.

ENGADGET: HP TouchSmart 610 review

You can scroll up and down through those icons, which is now accompanied by a cute 3D animation where the items slide over the top and bottom edge, like wrapping a piece of paper around the side of a table.

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